Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Lists

  1. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  2. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  3. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
  5. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  6. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  7. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  8. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  9. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  10. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  11. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  12. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s